Roller-bearing.



ylvenia, havejnjented new'alnd. useful Im'- j .rovenents ROlIr-B'earngS of which .the

ollowingis a specification. p

g My inventiofn relates particularly to`;ro1ler hetrings'jn -whch therollers 'are ta ered. ;io rolle s having trumhons't eac end ;e-jwelles rollers pierced longitudinally are by o mesns excluded from use in'thjs bear- `-ing;the;prese leyicehes the advanta e of 'be n sesp al yg ad p d' id r witlot trunnionsyjthus permitting from the .point of VieW-oijtherolle s a Very strong and' se -viceableconstruction.` The Construction :islso of i .rest ;value because of great red'c- -ton o li taken. 4

y In the acconipanyng drawing-,x Figura 1 is cageused in the constructionshown in 'FigL 1".

3 is n axielsection of 'constuction al itemative to thata-shown inFg; 1.; 4

The- 'Word -ffeaizrier ofan inner: and anouter hearingsurface:

In. Fig.`: 1,: l==is-.-a. shaft,` :2vis a- -housing.. 3'5 Mounted on the shaft isthe hearing ring-3', i--vhavinga =conicala -bearingsurfaee. p At=-the ends of this ringare thejplan cylndrical surfacesl-&ancl 19:- At'the smallerendjof 3,

and interrupting one of the said cylindnical:

" '40 surfaces, is* the annulan groovezo. F 'In this grooye is thesplit.=r1g 21: This ringfissplit.

to permit its being snap ed in" position..

-Arranged' inthe' housing ist e bearing ring .4` having' a conicalbearingsnrface. e Thecon'- --pont Bgwhich isfol course,

at. th

ese aratfo gjriction sully e ncountered zostape ted rpllerbearings .stthe points Where ;the indivdual end-t hrusts of the rollers ere *ised s a broad" term referring equallywell to either shaft oi' housing; u l he` .word-"*I 'aceway" ;refers tothe double track formed 'by the combination o Patentd l :bee-i i iconstrictioi; .i l? i h p d d Par&

0 v Between the hearing, 'rings3 and ro ler's is the frustum of' acone of revolution. These rollers are roinded t ;the larger end giving the roundedsurface 15.' They' they be rounde'd at the smaller end, as shown 'at 16.

ration bye cage having an vainular ban 7 :from which band thefingers 12- 'prj'etat 'an angle. The inner surfaces efth sc'ge the Uangula r ridge foi i edf y the`j''1nction .of the inner surfaces oli [the cage may -be sl'ghtly rounded so` as hot to', fit' too closely the corr'e onding angilar depress'ion infthe g- 4 f shown: in Fig. 1, thefinn'er cylindrial'surf ace'of 7 'fits the surfaces witha close slid- ;ing fit.= Likewse, 'the'p'ortions of thejfingers tions of 12 "maybe policeve and con' fo'rm individually to the conical sur face of 3. Preferably, however, .they should be made convex, contactingfi singleline. Event scontact maybe 'edu'ced y ccu g &w ys-a very slght rembval of tacting lines of 12. i ever, be reteined at the nds ofthe finger away from 7. Likewie, the contacting surface' of 7 may be reducedbypmaking 19.11 nular grooves in it. i 'The cage mey,fias ide [from 5, be completely out' of contact With 4.

as tohave the outsidecylindrical ;surface of 74 and the fngers 12 conform to j.4 instead of 3. The fingers of thecage howeve it is 'z )nst "ucted, :Lalternate vyith therollers' 6, and afiordomesnot only of separating the l r hul oi man i g th i p confoim closelyto theisuifa ce 18" and the concal surface of thei"1i'n ,3. :Hoyveyer,

12 'next to 3 .conforinnotiindiyidully, but-vas a whole-to the conical beringi sjur-. face of 3 .With a .close slidng fit. These porconformng to 'their co cal s'urfagces 'are the ta ered rollers 6. The maintbodyjof these They are maintainedjin position and s'e an `the particular CODSLHCOIL tact, this contact should not be a surface contact but lineal. The direction of this .line of contact 'should preferably -pass through B. Further, these side surfaces of the fingers may be so shaped. that the roller when in contact therewith will not contact along 'the whole of its length. Two

' tact with roller is shown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1, the dotted line shows the' general position of the fingers 12.

The pressure on the bearmg (whether that pressure is radial or thrust, or both) produces an individual thrust of the tapered roller in the direction of its larger end. This thrust is received by. the 'ring 8, which may be made cup shaped, as shown in Fig. 1. VVithin this cup is the row of balls 9. The thrust of the rollers 6 com-municated to the ring 8' is transmitted to the 'balls 9. In

' turn it is taken by the ring 11, which may be made integral with the bearing ring 3. The thrust, thus communicated to the combination of the rings 3-11,is taken by the nuts 13 and 14. The combination of the rings 3-11 also receives a thrust from the rollers 6 not Vcommunicated through the ring 8 and the spherical rollers 9. The nuts 13 and 14 bear this, also. ing is in operation, the rollers 6 communicate a rotational motion to the ring 8 which it is the Offie of the balls 9 to prevent becomin a slide between the rings 8 and 11. It wil be observed that the ring 8, together with the balls 9, is mounted on the cylin- -drical surface. 19. Preferably the dimensions of the parts conce'rned should be so adjusted that the point of contact of any roller 6 with the ring 8, the point of contact of the ring 8 with one of the balls 9, and the center of the same ball 9 are three points in a right line. The thrust hearing consisting of the rings 8-11 and the spherical rollers 9 may be replaced by a roller thrust bearing in which the rollers have line-contact.

In Fig.. 2 is shown a view of the roller cage used inthe Construction shown in Fig'. 1.

Observe the depressions 17 and 22.

In Fig. 3 is shown a Construction alternative with that shown in Fig. 1. The individual thrust of the rollers 6 is here received by the ring 11'. As the ring 11' is shown Secured to the bearing ring 4 by screws, this thrust would be borne by the ring 11', the screws and the bearing ring 4. The rings 23 and 24 having screw-th'eaded engagement with the housing 2 may be used to take up this strain. They may` be omitted, however, if thought desirable. An advantage of this Construction is that it relieves the nuts on the shaft from theindividual thrust of the rollers.

When the bear-` `The ring 21 (Fig. ,1) is to tender the bearing self-contained when handling. This is likewise the off ce of the interlocking construction shown" in Fig. 3 as between the bearing ring 3' and the ring 11'.

Various modifications of the Construction shown in Fig. 1 may be used. Thus rollers held in a 'cage formed of two bands riveted` together-whether rollers are perforated lengthwise to permit them to be mounted on rivets, or have journals of their own operating in said bands-may be used. The form and position of a part, at least, of the holding means consisting of the rings 8-11 together with the' balls 9 should be modified so as to clearthe band at the larger end of the rollers. v 4 i `The flange portion 5 may ordinarily be omitted, as well as the ring 21, if it is not desired to make the hearing self-contained.

However, if the conical surfaces of the rings 3 and 4 taper but very gently, it may seem desirable to retain the flange portion 5 for the purpose of assisting in retention of the cage 7-12 in position -In the extreme case where the conical surfaoes become cylindrical, some such means as the flange portion 5 would be necessary to retain the cage. The object of thegeneral conformation of part of' cage 7-12 to the hearing ring 3 or to the hearing ring 4 is t'o maintain it in position to enable fingers 12 to maintain position of rollers 6. a

The particular Construction shown in Fig.

1 is typical more especially'of a combination journa -and-thrust hearing. By in'creasing the abruptness of the tapers of the hearing u rings, we should derive a hearing in which the function of thrust endurance'becomes more and more prominent.

The ring 8, the rollers 9 and the ring 11 together form what may suitably be described as an antifriction retaining device. antifriction retaining device consists of two hearing plates--the rings &and ll-'and of the antifriction rollers 9 (which in the present case are spherical in form).

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. -A roller bear-ing comprising two carriers; a hearing ring having a conical bearing surface and carried by one of the said carriers a second bearing ring having a conical hearing surface and carried by the other of. the said carriers, the two said hearing rin gs being suitably formed and arranged to form a roller raceway for ta ered rollers; tapered rollers,roundcd at the arger end,in the said raceway and Contacting with the said hearing rings forming the aid raceway a roller cage suitably formed to maintain position of said rollers; an antifriction retainngdevice, one hearing plate of which is free and in contact with the rounded ends of the said tapered This rollers, the other hearing plate being suitably comes arranged to operate as a'unit with one of the longitudinal thrist of thesaid' heating face and carred b' one of the said carriers;

` a second hearing' ring. having a conical bear- 'ing surface and' carried b the other of the sad carriers, the two said eari" rings being suitably fol-med and arranged to orm a roller rounded at the larger' end, in t raceway for taperedflroliers;` tagered rollers;

way and contacting with the said hearing rings forming the sad ra`ceway a roller cage having an annula'r band with fingers proj ecting therefrom, said e in part conforming. to part of one of said earng rin s, said fingers being'disconnected froneac other 'at one end and being aapted to maintain said rollers in position; an 'antifriction re'-. tainng device, one hearing' plate of'which s' free and -in contact with the rounded 'ends of the 'said tapered rollers, the otherhearing plate being suitably arranged to operate as a'.

i unit with one of the saidbearing rings forming the said roller raceway; and, means ing rings formin'g the saidraceway; a roller thesaid tapered -`o'11ers;-the other hearing' v V .resit' the longitudina'l thrust suted to resist the longitudinal thrus-t of the said hearing rings forming 'the said-roller raceway'. I a

3. A roller hearing comprising two carriers a hearing rin having -a conicalbearing surface 'and carrie by one of the said carriers; a second hearing having a conical hearing. surface and 'cam-ie b the other of the said carriers, the' twosai hearing bei sutably formedfand -arranged to form a ro er-raeeway for ta ered ro1lers;`1tap ered rollers'rounded at the arger end, in the said raceway and contacting with the said' bearcage having .an annular 'band wth'fingers rojecting therefrom; said cage in part con or 'ng to part of one of said bear'g rings,

said fin ers alternating with said tapered rollers, eingdsconnected from each other at one end and being'dapted' to maintain said` rollers 'in 'position' an antifriction retaining device, one bearing plate of which is free and in contact with the rounded ends of plate being'suita'bly' arranged to perat'e as a unit with one of the said hearing rngs forming the said rollerraceway' and, means suited to bearing rings orming the said .surface 'and "carrie *second bearng ring having by he jcarriers, the .two said hearing rings being.

two carrie'rs;

e said race-'r 03 -the' said v eller racea 4. Arollerbearingcomprisin -twocarriers; a bearmg r having a conca 'bearmg'surother of thesai suitably formed and arranged tqf form a-roller racewa for tapered rollers tapg'ed rollers in the 'sai raceway andcontactingwith the said I the" said racewa L -meansadapted to mantain-position of sa'd .i-ollers; an antifriction retainmg device, one

hearing rings' formin hearing plate of'which is free and in contact with the larger ends of the said tapered rollers, the other hearing plate being suitably arranged to operate 'as a unit with one of the said .hearing rings forming the said roller raceway and ,`means suited to resist the longitudinal thrust of the said .hearing rings forming the said ijollerraceway v 5. A rollerhearing comprising the twocarriers 1 and 2 a hearing ring3, carried by one ofthe 'said carriers, 1, and having a conic-al hearing surface; a second bearin ring, 4, having a'comcal bearng surface an `carred bythe other of the said carriers, 2, the two said bearing rings being suitably formed and arranged to form a roller raceway for tap'ered rollers; tapered rollers, 6, rounded at the iargerend, in the said raceway and contactmg with the' said hearing rings forming the sad rajceway; a 'roller cage, 7-12, suitably fo'rmed* to 'maintain position of said rollers, said cage consisting of an annular band, 7,

`"with fingers, 12, projecting therefrom, 'said cage-in part conformmg to I?art of said hearing ring, 3 said fngers, 12, eing disconnecte from each otherat one end and being adapted tomaintain-position of said rollers, 6 an antifriction retaining device, consisting of the hearing plates 8 -11 and the s herical rollers `9, one earing plate,`8, of whic is free and in contact with the rounded ends of the said ta pered rollers, the other hearing plate, 11, be-

ng 'suitably ai-ranged to o erate as a unit with the hearing' ring 3; an ,'means, consisting of the fla e 10 and the nuts 13-14, suted to resist't e longitudinal thrusts of the hearing rings 4 and 3.-

In testimonywhe eof I have hereunto sub:

scribed my name in the presence of two at- 'testing witnesses, at Girard, County of Ere,

State of Pennsylvania, on the twenty-third day of March, nineteen hunderd and Seven.

' 7 JOHN F. SPRINGER. W itnesses:

WL IAM L. SHERMAN, JAMES T'MU'RPHY.

-faceand camedby oneof the said carriers; a

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